Usage & Grammar Guides

Do you sometimes mix up your 'affects' and 'effects'? Do you know when to use 'less' or 'fewer'? And what about punctuation - would you like to fee...

''If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I''d nominate her for sainthood.'' Frank McCourt The international bestseller, reissued and with a ...

Dazzle with your command of belle-lettres!Like a true sophisticate, you'd like to toss out casual bon mots to enliven your conversation. You'd like...

'Be short, be simple, be human.'When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for ...

Everything you need to know about the 25 essential rules of English grammar.English grammar is often said to be over-complicated and difficult to...